krāsa
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Etymology
13th-century, borrowed from Old East Slavic краса (krasa, “beauty, splendor”) (compare Russian краса́ (krasá)), which comes from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“to burn, to glow”) (whence also Latvian karsts). Initially used in the Eastern regions, this word only penetrated further into the language in the 18th century, at first with the meaning “healthy, pretty facial color.” At the beginning of the 19th century, under the influence of Russian краска (kraska, “paint”), it acquired the sense “(natural) color of an object.”. In the second half of the 19th century, the meaning of krāsa was broadened, in order to replace the Germanism pērve, perve (“paint”) (still attested in dialects).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
krāsa f (4th declension)
- color (visible light of a certain wavelength)
- balta, melna, sarkana krāsa ― white, black, red color
- spilgta, spoža krāsa ― bright color
- auksta, silta krāsa ― cold, warm color
- krāsas piesātinātība ― color saturation
- krāsu gamma ― color range, set
- krāsu redze ― color vision
- krāsu aklums ― color blindness
- krāsu televīzija ― color television
- color (visible feature of a surface or object caused by reflected light)
- auduma krāsa ― fabric color
- ziedu krāsa ― flower color
- āda krāsa ― skin color
- bez krāsas (= bāls) ― without color (= pale)
- paint, ink (substance applied to an object or surface to give it a certain color)
- tipogrāfijas krāsa ― printing ink
- krāsu kārba ― color box
- eļļas krāsa ― oil paint, color
- emaljas krāsa ― enamel paint
- krāsu palete ― color palette
- akvareļa (= ūdens) krāsa ― watercolor paint
- uzlikt, uzklāt krāsu ― to apply paint
- jaukt, atšķaidīt krāsas ― to mix, dilute colors
- notīrīt veco krāsu ― to remove old paint
- colors (a colored symbol representing a country, an organization, a sports team)
- aizstāvēt savas sportistu komanadas krāsas ― to defend the colors of one's sports team
- emblēma valsts krāsās ― an emblem in the national colors
Declension
Declension of krāsa (4th declension)
Synonyms
- (dialectal, archaic) perve
Related terms
- krāsot
- krāsviela
See also
| balts | pelēks | melns |
| sarkans, sārts | oranžs; brūns | dzeltens |
| zaļš | ||
| zilzaļš, ciāns | zils | |
| violets; zilganviolets, indigo | fuksīns; violets | rozā |
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “krāsa”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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